What is "lady's finger"

Lady's finger \La"dy's fin"ger\,

1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria; called also lady's fingers.

2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

3. A long, slender variety of the potato.

4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the branchi[ae] of the lobster.

5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual ( Abelmoschus esculentus) of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the genus Hibiscus. [WordNet sense 1]

   Note: different from lady's fingers

   Syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus.

n. 1 The kidney vetch. 2 A small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. 3 A long, slender variety of potato. 4 One of the branchiae of the lobster.